Dad Who Killed Oregon School Shooter Recalls Harrowing Moment, 'Children Pleading For Their Lives..'
In a recent interview, the hero dad who killed the Oregon school shooter recalled the harrowing incident that took away four lives.
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Add BollywoodShaadis on GoogleOregon school shooting incident has sent shockwaves worldwide. For the unversed, on October 15, 2026, a 16-year-old crazy teen opened fire at an Oregon elementary school named Silver Rail Elementary. The gunman, identified as Griffin John, critically injured a 7-year-old girl in a wheelchair and a teacher, and killed three students aged 5, 8, and 11, as well as a teacher.
The deadly mass shooting was ended by a father of two. Now, in an interview, the hero dad recalled the harrowing incident.
Hero dad recalls the Oregon shooting incident
In a recent interview with Oregon Public Broadcasting, the hero dad who killed the Oregon school shooter recalled hearing children 'pleading for their lives' as the massacre unfolded. The hero dad has been identified as Kaylub Giamanco. He was one of the two bystanders who stopped Griffin John from entering the school through the main entrance.
Giamanco was driving home to eat leftovers with his wife during his lunch break when he saw the 16-year-old crazy teen firing a gun twice at a red pickup truck. Recalling the incident, Giamanco said that, upon hearing the gunshots, he panicked and used his .40-caliber handgun to knock John down. He said:
"That’s when panic fled into my brain, and that’s when I opened my center console. I was in full panic, like, 'No, there are children, there are babies in there.' I told my Siri to call 911."
However, Giamanco didn’t stay on the line to answer the dispatcher’s questions. He rushed from a wallball court to the building on his hands and knees and heard 'children pleading for their lives' as John fatally shot three children and a teacher. Recalling the harrowing moment, the father of two said:
"That’s when I started hearing children pleading for their lives, and then I started hearing gunfire, and I just started army crawling faster and faster, and I told myself this is probably the last thing that I’m ever going to do."
For those unaware, Giamanco is a carpenter and father of two girls, who attend the Silver Rail Elementary School. In the same interview, Kaylub said he crawled in through a broken window, staying on his knees until he reached the special education classroom. According to reports, Griffin John was a former special ed student of Silver Rail Elementary School and entered the classroom to execute the mass shooting.
After Kaylub reached the special education classroom, he saw a teacher struggling with the teen shooter. He revealed that he shot John more than two times. Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek was among those who praised Giamanco's bravery, saying he 'heroically intervened to stop further loss of life.' After police and first responders arrived at the school, the father of two went back to his truck, emptied his weapon, and called his wife and then his mother.
Recalling the conversation Kaylub had with his mom after he shot the Oregon school shooter, he said how his mother consoled him. She told Kaylub to calm down and said that he did the right thing. She also called him a hero. He said:
"She was just like, 'OK, baby, calm down. You did the right thing. You're a hero. You saved lives.' And I was just like, 'I didn't save everybody. I didn't get them all.'"
Earlier, in an interview with CBS News Sacramento, Kaylub’s mom, Kenda Freeman, who lives in California, said her son has a genuine heart and loves his community, family, and children. The aftermath of the harrowing incident was quite traumatic for Giamanco. He admitted that when he goes to bed at night, he replays that day in his head and wonders if he could have stopped the shooter sooner.
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Pic credit: Central Oregon Daily News/YT, CNN, The Sun
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